NameJohn PASSMORE 1304
Birth Date10 Oct 1678
Birth PlaceHurst, Berkshire, ENGLAND
Death Date16 Dec 1746 Age: 68
Death PlaceWest Marlborough, Chester, PA
ReligionSociety Of Friends (Quaker)
FatherWilliam PASSMORE (~1636-1698)
MotherMargery BALL (ca1634-1698)
Misc. Notes
Early in the eighteenth century, William and his brother John emigrated from England to the colony that William Penn had established in America in 1682. The reason for the emigration of the Passmore brothers depends in part upon how one reconstructs what was taking place in Ruscombe and Hurst at the time.

It is possible to paint a relatively unattractice picture of conditions for most Englishmen in the 18th century. There is some evidence that rural life was but little advanced over that of medieval times, and there was a vast gap between the wealthy aristocrats and those who worked the land, with few winners in the struggle for a good life.

Faced with declining prospects in the England situation, William, as the eldest son and principal heir of his father’s exstate and the dominant brother in the family’s cloth manufacturing industry, may have been Pennsylvania as an important potential outlet for English cloth, a place where a comfortable living could be made by an industrious entrepreneur. John may have had no direct involvement in any of his brother’s business plans, but, as his later migration to America indicates, became convinced that his lot, too, would be better in the New World.

John and Mary along with their children, sailed for America about 1712. John first resided near Chadd’s Ford, then moved to Kennett Townsip, which later became Pennsbury, then to Marlborough Twp. All in Chester County. It appears that John moved to West Marlboro before 1728 for in 1728, Joseph Pennock, John Passmore, and others petitioned to have the boundaries already agreed upon entered on record which was done on November 27, 1728.

John and Mary both became Quakers in 1725.1303
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John and his father William Jr., immigrated to America via Philadelphia about 1714. The decendents of this line kept moving across PA to Clearfield County, PA. 1305
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These sources had John’s birth date as 1676.504,1298
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 15 Sep 1679504
Birth PlaceHurst, Berkshire, ENGLAND
Death Dateabt 1743
Death PlaceChester, Delaware Co., PA, USA
ReligionSociety Of Friends (Quaker)
Family ID824
Marr Date3 Nov 17011304
Marr PlaceHurst, Berkshire, ENGLAND
ChildrenWilliam Jasper (1703-1745)
 John (~1705-)
 Humphrey (~1706-)
 Eleanor (~1707-)
 Richard (Died as Infant) (1708-1708)
 Thomas (~1710-)
 Augustine (1714-)
 George (1719-1801)
 Samuel (~1721-)
 Mary (1722-)
Last Modified 25 Jun 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com